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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 50 through.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grant mentioned the use of ______________ used by the Confederates in an apparent attempt to keep the Union men on their guard, though Grant said he couldn't remember a single death from that tactic.
(a) An exploding shell.
(b) Automatic weaponry.
(c) Shock and awe.
(d) Armored tanks.

2. Grant said the Confederate troops were driven steadily back and eventually retreated. Grant said the victory was cinched by the arrival of whom?
(a) General George Washington.
(b) General W.H.L. Wallace.
(c) General Robert E. Lee.
(d) General Albert Sidney Johnston.

3. The ladies had, until Grant received communiqués from his commanders and read them in front of the ladies, believed what?
(a) The Confederates had surrendered.
(b) The two armies had come to a truce.
(c) The Northern armies were beating the Confederates and were on the verge of winning the war.
(d) The Southern armies were beating the Union and were on the verge of winning the war.

4. In Chapter 52, Grant detailed the battle at the Courthouse at _______________. Grant sent a letter to Major-General Halleck, Chief of Staff of the Army in Washington, outlining the casualties which he said probably approached twenty thousand Union troops and included eleven generals.
(a) Appomattox.
(b) Spotsylvania.
(c) Charleston.
(d) Pine Bluff.

5. Grant described the use of the ____________ at this siege.
(a) Shields.
(b) Rifles.
(c) Trenches.
(d) Cannons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Did Grant dwell on the duel he saw?

2. Grant said that once the city fell, it seemed that long-term occupation would be _____________.

3. In Chapter 10, the military moved quickly from Vera Cruz to avoid what?

4. The move was prompted, in part, by the proximity of whom?

5. In Chapter 40, Grant arrived in __________ and was sent on to Louisville, where he met Secretary of War Stanton.

(see the answer key)

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